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#301 2012-05-04 07:22:10

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Re: Generating Functions

Hmmmm. So I guess the rocket will only get 1 / 5 of the way to the moon?


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#302 2012-05-04 07:23:39

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Re: Generating Functions

Good enough.


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#303 2012-05-04 07:34:18

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Re: Generating Functions

If that is all you can get.


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#304 2012-11-02 09:02:52

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Re: Generating Functions

With a better machine this Maxima code:

gf1(x):=ratexpand(ratsimp((gf(x))^1000));
sum(prime(i)*coeff(gf1(x),x^i),i,1,6000);

would get the needed answer.


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#305 2012-11-02 09:36:43

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Re: Generating Functions

Hi;

So what is the answer? Those men have been stuck in space for a long time.


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#306 2012-11-02 09:57:21

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Re: Generating Functions

It doesn't have enough memory to evaluate the sum...


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#307 2012-11-02 10:00:43

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Re: Generating Functions

Do you have any other ideas that might help?


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#308 2012-11-02 10:05:52

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Re: Generating Functions

Not really... Have you solved it?


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#309 2012-11-02 10:10:11

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Re: Generating Functions

I was thinking about a method you might try.


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#310 2012-11-02 10:13:07

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Re: Generating Functions

Which one?


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#311 2012-11-02 10:17:19

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Re: Generating Functions

You know that the lowest power in the expansion is 1000. The lowest prime in the expansion is 1009. What is the highest exponent in the expansion?


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#312 2012-11-02 10:22:38

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Re: Generating Functions

6000. 5987 is the largest prime below 6000.


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#313 2012-11-02 10:32:02

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Re: Generating Functions

Does maxima have a Coefficients command?


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#314 2012-11-02 10:36:01

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Re: Generating Functions

Didn't you see it get used in the code above. It's the coeff() function.


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#315 2012-11-02 10:48:09

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Re: Generating Functions

It is a different command in geogebra!

Taking a little eating break.


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#316 2012-11-02 10:59:53

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Re: Generating Functions

Geogebra?

Okay, see you later...


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#317 2012-11-02 11:59:41

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Re: Generating Functions

Geogebra has maxima inside it!


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#318 2012-11-02 12:05:10

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Re: Generating Functions

I know that. But, why did you mention a function for coefficients?

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#319 2012-11-02 12:07:31

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Re: Generating Functions

It is one of the ways you can get an answer. In geogebra it is Coefficients[poly,variable], notice I cannot pick out anyone I want without further processing.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#320 2012-11-02 12:09:39

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But it would have to sum all coefficients of prime-numbered powers if x, which is a lot of computing.


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#321 2012-11-02 12:14:04

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Re: Generating Functions

Yes, it is a tough problem. Ever heard of Doc Thorne?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#322 2012-11-02 12:17:06

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Re: Generating Functions

Yes. And only that-heard.


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#323 2012-11-02 12:24:02

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Re: Generating Functions

You have heard of him?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#324 2012-11-02 12:37:43

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Re: Generating Functions

Yes


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#325 2012-11-02 12:39:11

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Re: Generating Functions

That is why I posed this problem.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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